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Old May 15, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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Got to tear the 06 1200c down this weekend to find a short. Thinking of picking up a standard set of risers and running them just to see how I like the look. Any problems other than not knowing my speed? I am not going to hook up the speedo in a month or two and get some damn error code instead of mileage because the mileage on the speedo and some unknown computer mileage on the bike don't match am I?
 
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Old May 15, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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your blinkers won't self cancel.
 
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Old May 15, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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Check your local and state laws. Not sure about any error codes, that's a great question.

I put a $10 bicycle speedo on a sport bike I had a while back, calibrated it in with the OEM speedo and it stayed pretty accurate.

http://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/Equ...08-MSFlogo.pdf

http://www.amadirectlink.com/legisltn/laws.asp
 
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